Solomon wedbles



(No Modelqflf S. WEDEL'ES. Means for Attaching-Looks] 'No. 235,598; Patented Dec. 14,1880.

N. PErERs, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON WEDELES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING LOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,598, dated December14, 1880.

Application filedJune 5,1320. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SoLoMoN WEDELEs, of NewYork, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Means for Securing Looks in Place, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide.

fingers, for entering the edge of the article to which the lock is to besecured and retaining it against movement sidewise, outward, and inward.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a lockembodying myinvention and a screw designed to be used to secure itslower part in place, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a section of adrawer with such a lock applied to it.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

A designates a lock, which may he of any approved style-such, forinstance, as one having a platemetal case.

B designates what I term flanges or fingers, of which there may be anysuitable number, extending rearwardly from the top plate of the lock,and shown as formed therewith.

The lock is designed to be fitted against the back of the drawer O, orother article to which it may be applied, without being mortised intoit, unless for some extraordinary reason it may be desirable so to do,and the flanges or fingers Bare intended to be, under ordinarycircumstances, fitted into mortises or recesses in the top or edge ofthe drawer or other article, as shownin Fig.2. Extending from theflanges or fingers B, and paralled, or nearly parallel, with the back ofthe lock, are pins or prongs D. They are rigidly secured to the flangesor fingers, and when the lock is in place fit in recesses in the edge ofthe drawer O or other article, and secure the upper or outer part of thelook from being detached by a transverse or backward movement, and alsoagainst movement sidewise.

E designates a screw, which passes transversely through the lower partof thelock and enters the back of the drawer O or other article, therebyretaining the lock in such position as to preclude the detachment of thepins or prongs D, and securing the lower or inner part of the lock tothe drawer or other article.

It is obvious that, inasmuch as the flanges or fingers are rigidly orinflexibly attached to the lock, the lower part thereof will be causedto hug the inside of the drawer tightly; and it is also obvious that, asthe prongs or pins D enter the edge of the drawer, convenience isafforded forapplying such locks to drawers having fronts of differentthickness without the necessity of cutting or mortising upon the insideof the front.

It will be seen that by my invention I provide for very quickly andeasily attaching and detaching a lock without entailing any necessityfor mortising the lock into the article on which it is used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the lock A, of one or more rigid or inflexiblefingers or flanges, B, extending from the top or one end thereof, foroverlapping the edge of the article to which the lock is to be secured,and one or more pins or pron gs,D,extending in a direction parallel tothe length of the look from and rigidly attached to said fingers orflanges, for entering the edge of the article to which the lock is to besecured and retaining it against movement sidewise or outward or inward,substantially as specified.

SOL. WEDELES.

Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, FREnK. HAYNES.

